so how do you load it?i might be picking one up soon myself.did you get that one from atlantic firearms?

You load it through the ejection port. It's not too much of a pain. I bought my PTR from Sportsman Safari on Gun Broker. http://www.gunsonthenet.com/Auction/...?Item=64645325 But I paid about $400 less. You can always email sellers on Gun Broker or Guns America to see if they will ship to CA. A lot won't but some will, you just have to put in some work. Good luck.

On most of my AK's, if you just pull the bolt back, it will hang on the hammer and stay put. Although I wouln't keep my finger in the ejection port for too long. The ones that don't easily hang on the hammer, I just pull the trigger while the bolt is pulled back. When the hammer falls, it will lock the bolt back. If you don't want to use either method just buy the safety lever with the notch cut out of it to keep the bolt locked back by catching the charging handle.